Reef Octopus Club

[wfgworks]

I have the XP3000 and love the skimmer. Its on my 170 and it could easily hand up too 270-300 gallons stocked well. I'm really impressed with the bubble blaster pumps on skimmers.

When I upgrade in the future, I will be keeping with the XP line of skimmers.

 

[Lam Ly]

Xp5000

Xp5000

Bill,

How high is your water? let say when you unplug you skimmer's pump and just with you feed pump running, and say from the bottom of the cone up?


Thanks,
Lam

 

[n-kleine]

I set mine to when the bubbles start to break just above the bottom of the cup.

 

[usctrack]

I just picked up 2ea of the Reef Octopus 150 skimmers OCT-NWB150 from a fellow member who was switching to fresh water. I currently am running a turboflotor and ASM G1x both with recirc mods. How would these compare? I am getting really nice dark skimmate from the others now.

The newer model Octopus 150 with the bubble plate seems to be a little better designed than the older one - I now have both. I may test them out in my live rock tub for a while.

 

[badwrasse]

Wow! Sorry to hear that. Mine is pretty quiet. Maybe you are too sensitive!!:thumbsup:

wondering if I got a bad pump, i am getting used to th noise but its still loader than my older oceanrunner siting smack on the bottom of the sump with no noise buffer what so ever.

 

[n-kleine]

wondering if I got a bad pump, i am getting used to th noise but its still loader than my older oceanrunner siting smack on the bottom of the sump with no noise buffer what so ever.

Ya, that is possible. Pull the cover off the front and make sure the impeller is seated correctly. I have heard some pumps have the impeller sitting in the housing wrong from shipping.HTH. Call coralvue if it gets worse.1-985-781-9078.

 

[badwrasse]

yep bad pump just talked with coralvue today they are sends a new one, ther was a hunk of plastic stuck inside where the impeller lives making it vibrate.

 

[n-kleine]

Good! I am glad you found the problem. Let me know how your new one turns out.